As
the bull elephant moved toward us, I was amazed by how
little sound his footfalls made. How could something so
large move over the ground so silently? And standing in
front of him, at ground level without the security of
being in the vehicle, I came to fully appreciate the fact
that elephants are big.Really
big.Suddenly
he became aware of us, and he was not pleased by our
presence.He raised
his trunk, flapped his huge ears, and moved toward us
aggressively. Time stopped. Side-stepping, he waved his
trunk in the air and trumpeted, and quickly narrowed the
distance between us to less than twenty feet.I felt a surge of adrenaline, and it occurred to me
that he could flatten us like bugs if he chose to. And it
looked like he just might decide to do it!